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04-22-2003, 06:35 PM
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Registered: Mar 2003
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running screensaver as background
So I heard that Linux can run a screensaver as your desktop wallpaper. How would I go about doing this?
Thanks.
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04-22-2003, 07:51 PM
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Registered: Apr 2003
Distribution: Mandrake 9,10, Xandros
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04-22-2003, 10:46 PM
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You can do this with KDE in the background widget of the kde control center.
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04-22-2003, 11:12 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
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ive been meaning to look into this, i heard something like with one of the wm's you could set a video clip as the background. but never got around to ivestigating
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04-25-2003, 11:07 PM
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depending on your distro, mine is mandrake 9.1 so I would do this...
/usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/endgame -root
i've only tried in fluxbox though.
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04-26-2003, 09:28 AM
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Does that work for 9.0? that's all?
I though there would be more to it than that...
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04-26-2003, 12:59 PM
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Location: Norway
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where is the screen savers in slackware
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04-26-2003, 01:40 PM
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they may be in /usr/lib/xscreensaver
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04-26-2003, 02:47 PM
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ok
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04-27-2003, 07:23 PM
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Registered: Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Distribution: Arch Linux
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Hey, I use that code, and it does that, but only on an X background (like if I JUST have xserver running), so if I use GNOME or KDE, that just goes on top of it.
How can I get it to work in GNOME or KDE.
Thanks.
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